Coal scuttle and sifter



c. L. w. BAKER Coal Scuttle and Sifter.

Patented Aug. 7, 1866.

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. improvement is to provide a scuttle easy and into the room.

PATENT OFFICE.

. C. L. W. BAKER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

COAL SCUTTLE AND SIFTER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,874, dated August 7, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, C. L. W. BAKER, of the city and county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coal Scuttle and Sifter Combined; and I do hereby declare-that the same is described and represented in the followingspecification and drawings; and to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe its con struction and operation by referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this improvement will be fully understood from the specification and drawings.

The object desired to be attained by this convenient for carrying fuel to the place of. consumption ,and to receive the ashes, 850., from the aslrbox, and separate the coal from the ashes, leaving the ashes in the scuttle and the coal in the sifter, which, with or without the two combined, are not unsightly in their appearancein the room; and itis so constructed that the dust will not be liable to escape In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1' is a side'elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 3 is a top view of the sifter.

a is the scuttle. b is a rim fitted on the upper edge of the scuttle, having a hinged cover, 0, directly over the spout, which allows the discharge of coal therefrom and also makes the opening dust-tight. cl is a sifter fitting into rim 1), and having a sieve, f, secured in the bottom, and a flange, e, or its equivalent, around the outside and near to the bottom, to support the sifter and provide a rotating surface. '5 is a cover for closing the top of the sifter. a is a handle for shaking the sifter. 0 is a bail for carrying the scuttle in the usual way. i

This improvement is especially adapted for the use of families, as it provides a compact, convenient, and cheap device.

Thus I am enabled to produce a cheap, efficient, and useful article for use and trade.

I believe 1 have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantage to be derived from the use of this improvement, so as to enable a person skilled to make and use the same therefrom. i i

I claim- As a new improved article of manufacture, the scuttle a, sifter d, when constructed and arranged substantially and for the purpose as described.

CHS. L. W. BAKER. [L. s] Witnesses:

E. HORTON, Jr., JEREMY W. BLIss. 

